40 Nigerian Deportees From Italy Arrive Lagos

Nigerians who were deported
from Italy, arrived the cargo section of the
Muritala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos,
yesterday, aboard a chartered plane, Air
Meridiana, with registration number E1-FNU at
8.30p.m.

The deportees were said to have committed
immigration and criminal offences.
The deportation come barely four days after the
United Kingdom repatriated 23 Nigerians for
similar offences.

Yesterday’s deportees, who were shielded from
speaking to newsmen by security officials,
comprised adult males and females.
According to an immigration official, 39 of the
deportees were returned because of immigration
offences, while one, a male, was deported
because of his involvement in drug-related
matters.

The official further said that the returnee with
drug-related issues will be handed over to police
for further prosecution, while the other 39 were
profiled by officials of the Nigerian Immigration
Service.

This is the sixth deportation of Nigerians from
different countries in recent times